Maritime Law in Japan

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The Sources of Japanese Maritime Law

Japanese maritime law is principally codified in Book II, Part IX of the Commercial Code (Shoho, Law No. 48 of 1899, extensively amended), which bears the title “Maritime Commerce” (Kaisho). The Commercial Code provisions on maritime commerce (Articles 684–852) address the principal institutions of private maritime law: the shipowner, the master, the carriage of goods and passengers by sea, general average, collision, salvage, marine insurance, and maritime liens. These provisions have been supplemented and, in significant respects, displaced by Japan’s participation in the international maritime convention framework, including the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading (the Hague-Visby Rules), the International Convention on Salvage (1989), and the International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC 1976), among others.

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Maritime Law in Japan

The Sources of Japanese Maritime Law